How do Knicks defend the interior with Amare, Andrea and Tyson playing big minutes?

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They talk up the perimeter defense of Shump, and Artest, who both have to literally be vacuum-sealed to their man, because there's no help on the back end. Then when the perimeter defense starts breaking down, they'll say the team needs to "gel" and come together because of the new pieces.

Our acquisitions don't address our needs but they do help or strengths... like novak wasn't guarding anyone either. And bargs may be a bad defender but his defense is still an upgrade over novak. And mwp perimeter d is above what we got from kidd and he can contribute more then kidd at 40 years old can. Yeah we still have deficiencies but mwp and bargs still make us better. Yall are gonna be surprised at bargs I'm telling yall....

Our acquisitions don't address our needs but they do help or strengths... like novak wasn't guarding anyone either. And bargs may be a bad defender but his defense is still an upgrade over novak. And mwp perimeter d is above what we got from kidd and he can contribute more then kidd at 40 years old can. Yeah we still have deficiencies but mwp and bargs still make us better. Yall are gonna be surprised at bargs I'm telling yall....

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Totally agree, although will not address our major weaknesses, they still make us better. I also believe Barganani will be great for us and i'll put money on it that he will produce more than camby and novak combined last year. Defense didn't improve alot with the additions but still improved. And yeah stat is not a great defender but from what i remember he was still blocking more shots than chandler. Man i'll be happy to see Stat give us some minutes, no matter how many, will still be another upgrade to the team which we didn't have last year.

Chandler was injured, played too many minutes per game, had too little team support, and could never afford to foul out of games, which made him too worn down and passive.

I am expecting better team defense and considerably more backup for Chandler than last year.

In particular, with Shumpert at the SG and MWP on the floor, I expect less switching on screens and fewer guards breaking us down, which will mean fewer rotations inside, and better interior defense overall as a result. Hardaway can also potentially help us in this regard as well.

Team blocks last year ranged from 3.2 Miami to 6.9 Bobcats. The Knicks were at 4.0.

Bargnani's defense improved last year, and might improve even more under Woodson. His best year in Toronto, he blocked 1.4 shots per game which is not terrible. I think with some focus and work, as well as a better system, he could get that closer to 2 per game. However, even if Chandler and Bargnani average only 1.5 blocks per game each , and Stat and Martin close to 1 each, and everyone else close to 1 total, that would mean somewhere in the realm of 5-6 blocks per game for the team, which is very respectable.

Stat is not great with the defensive footwork and rotations, but can block shots. I actually like Jerome Jordan defensively, and think he is under-rated offensively. I would have liked to see us land Dalembert, but Tyrus Thomas is still worth a look IMHO (or some other backup shot blocker). I am less sure about Jeremy Tyler and Earl Barron defensively, although they do provide us with some offensive options we lack otherwise. At worst whatever younger backup bigs we select, they still provide Chandler with some minutes on the bench.

That means Chandler can play much more aggressively for fewer minutes which should make him more effective when he is on the floor.

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Originally Posted by nixon7

Chandler was injured, played too many minutes per game, had too little team support, and could never afford to foul out of games, which made him too worn down and passive.

I am expecting better team defense and considerably more backup for Chandler than last year.

In particular, with Shumpert at the SG and MWP on the floor, I expect less switching on screens and fewer guards breaking us down, which will mean fewer rotations inside, and better interior defense overall as a result. Hardaway can also potentially help us in this regard as well.

Team blocks last year ranged from 3.2 Miami to 6.9 Bobcats. The Knicks were at 4.0.

Bargnani's defense improved last year, and might improve even more under Woodson. His best year in Toronto, he blocked 1.4 shots per game which is not terrible. I think with some focus and work, as well as a better system, he could get that closer to 2 per game. However, even if Chandler and Bargnani average only 1.5 blocks per game each , and Stat and Martin close to 1 each, and everyone else close to 1 total, that would mean somewhere in the realm of 5-6 blocks per game for the team, which is very respectable.

Stat is not great with the defensive footwork and rotations, but can block shots. I actually like Jerome Jordan defensively, and think he is under-rated offensively. I would have liked to see us land Dalembert, but Tyrus Thomas is still worth a look IMHO (or some other backup shot blocker). I am less sure about Jeremy Tyler and Earl Barron defensively, although they do provide us with some offensive options we lack otherwise. At worst whatever younger backup bigs we select, they still provide Chandler with some minutes on the bench.

That means Chandler can play much more aggressively for fewer minutes which should make him more effective when he is on the floor.

Even with Chandler playing his best defense, probably is...Tyson is not a shot blocking center.

So we will look to Martin and Bargnani to be our shot blockers?

I don't know how comfortable I feel with that.

OKC has Ibaka/Perkns

Miami has Chris Anderson/Joel Anthony...even Wade, LeBron and Bosh get involved defensively with the interior defense.

Nets have Brook Lopez and Garnett next to him

Bulls have Joakim Noah/Taj Gibson

Rockets have Dwight Howard and ASIK...jesus.

Warriors have Andrew Bogut

Clippers have DeAndre Jordan...Pistons have Andre Drummond

even the Bucks have Larry Sanders...Hornets got Anthony Davis...I can go on and on, it seems like the Knicks will finish last in shot blocks this season.

Even with Chandler playing his best defense, probably is...Tyson is not a shot blocking center.

So we will look to Martin and Bargnani to be our shot blockers?

I don't know how comfortable I feel with that.

OKC has Ibaka/Perkns

Miami has Chris Anderson/Joel Anthony...even Wade, LeBron and Bosh get involved defensively with the interior defense.

Nets have Brook Lopez and Garnett next to him

Bulls have Joakim Noah/Taj Gibson

Rockets have Dwight Howard and ASIK...jesus.

Warriors have Andrew Bogut

Clippers have DeAndre Jordan...Pistons have Andre Drummond

even the Bucks have Larry Sanders...Hornets got Anthony Davis...I can go on and on, it seems like the Knicks will finish last in shot blocks this season.

Metro .... there is one thing u left out in this thread, "how many minutes will Melo play at the 4 spot per game?".
Having Melo at the 4 spot for 30 minutes per game makes the Knicks an offensive team, with little to no-defense at all when we will add a no-defensive talent JR.smith to the rotation to average 30 minutes too.
We will have several players in our main rotation lineup, who has never committed to team-defense in their NBA career at a consistent basis, this makes the best defensive players on the team look like ****T.

Totally agree, although will not address our major weaknesses, they still make us better. I also believe Barganani will be great for us and i'll put money on it that he will produce more than camby and novak combined last year. Defense didn't improve alot with the additions but still improved. And yeah stat is not a great defender but from what i remember he was still blocking more shots than chandler. Man i'll be happy to see Stat give us some minutes, no matter how many, will still be another upgrade to the team which we didn't have last year.

Nobody plays defense during the regular season except in the fourth quarter of tight games. In that regard the Knicks did play shut down D when they had too. This Knicks team is much better than last years even healthy...Sheed, Camby , Thomas were liabilities over a long season as Pierce and Garnett will be for the NETS. We need to develop Hardaway Jr. and Tyler as well as C.J as that's the future with Shumpert, Melo and Felton....

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Originally Posted by Kiyaman

Metro .... there is one thing u left out in this thread, "how many minutes will Melo play at the 4 spot per game?".
Having Melo at the 4 spot for 30 minutes per game makes the Knicks an offensive team, with little to no-defense at all when we will add a no-defensive talent JR.smith to the rotation to average 30 minutes too.
We will have several players in our main rotation lineup, who has never committed to team-defense in their NBA career at a consistent basis, this makes the best defensive players on the team look like ****T.

With the core of Shump, Peace, Martin and Chandler anchoring the defense...I can feel confident that Knicks will be top 5 defensively. I just hope Felton has a strong season defensively.

Having a strong veteran defensive core of "Tyson, K-Mart, MWP, and Beno" on the roster to enhance the defensive skillz of Pablo/Shump/Hardaway/and Tyler automatically makes us a winning .500 plus team, if HC Woody starts the season off with a defensive-mind set.

Having a strong veteran defensive core of "Tyson, K-Mart, MWP, and Beno" on the roster to enhance the defensive skillz of Pablo/Shump/Hardaway/and Tyler automatically makes us a winning .500 plus team, if HC Woody starts the season off with a defensive-mind set.

Beno is hardly anything above an 'okay' defender and has been constantly flamed for his ability to get beat by his man, do agree with you on all other points though.